StephanieL

See the Surrealism of Everyday Life thread for the current and upcoming weather in my part of the Bay Area. Sheesh.

High of 68 today, 93 this coming Thursday, 72 next Saturday.

Our Mexican lime tree has yielded its first crop, so N asked me to make a cocktail using the juice and I had just enough for a Last Word.

If you feel the need to return to Eataly, there's now one in San Jose.

Mujaddara, using the RG Puglia lentils, with braised collards on the side.

Yeah, that might fly when you're making lots and lots of dishes that use that sauce. Not so much when you're making the recipe once.

I just got Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes from the Authority on Where to Eat and Why It Matters. While all of the recipes could ostensibly made by a home cook, some of them are insanely complicated. Interesting to read, though.

It hasn't actually been a great year for us. The only things that we got in quantity were berries and lettuce.

Next time you come to SF, visit some of the old-school places. You might be able to find sand dabs on the menu.

Even when we don't, the long cycle isn't a big deal for us. Unless we're entertaining, which isn't often, we're not in danger of running out of dishes or silverware during a typical cycle.

Apples! Believe it or not, our espalier apple trees has been producing a nice crop of Fujis. We also got a couple of Gordon apples. You really have to love a climate where you can grow apples and citrus in the same backyard.

My local market continues to have great pluots and plums.

We have a standard 24" Bosch model and it's been great.

Boudin Bakery has very good sourdough English muffins, if you can find them.

N used the remaining Rosh Hashanah chicken to make her "uncrusted pot pie": chicken, mushrooms, carrots, and onions in a brown gravy. Spatzle with parsley to soak up the gravy. The leftovers will be part of the pre-fast meal Sunday evening.

It's Negroni Week!

Just noticed that we already have a new lunch thread. Mods, please feel free to merge.

And then there's Bad Brains.

An exceptionally British lunch: Heinz beans on toast with a cup of English breakfast tea. The maple old fashioned I had for dessert brought it right back to the US.

Yogurt with granola, challah, and coffee as we watched the Springboks demolish the Romanian side.

I have it. It's very interesting. When the patriarch had to flee his shtetl, the Ukrainian town where he stayed for a bit before coming to America was my grandfather's hometown. They may have even both been there at the same time.

I ended up eating dinner at home, but I probably would have gotten the meatloaf dinner or something similar. Tonight N is making the Wise Sons' cookbook recipe for roast chicken, along with Brussels sprouts, carrots, and delicata squash cooked in the roasting pan and potatoes cooked separately in duck fat (so they get crispy).

We had a terrific anniversary dinner at Kin Khao last week, and amongst the leftovers we took home were both sticky rice and steamed jasmine rice. N used both to make a baked rice pudding with coconut milk. I decided that I like the firmness of the baked rice pudding much more than the soupy/creamy versions.

I got a raisin challah and a honey cake from Wise Sons. Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner is going to be at either Harry's Hofbrau or Mel's Diner. 😄

Used the extractions to make a Carajillo. Shake 2 oz. of Licor 43 and 1 oz. espresso over ice until nice and foamy, then strain into a cocktail glass.